1. Do you feel preoccupied with your gaming behavior? (Some examples: Do you think about previous gaming activity or anticipate the next gaming session? Do you think gaming has become the dominant activity in your daily life?)
2. Do you feel more irritability, anxiety or even sadness when you try to either reduce or stop your gaming activity?
3. Do you feel the need to spend increasing amount of time engaged gaming in order to achieve satisfaction or pleasure?
4. Do you systematically fail when trying to control or cease your gaming activity?
5. Have you lost interests in previous hobbies and other entertainment activities as a result of your engagement with the game?
6. Have you continued your gaming activity despite knowing it was causing problems between you and other people?
7. Have you deceived any of your family members, therapists or others because the amount of your gaming activity?
8. Do you play in order to temporarily escape or relieve a negative mood (e.g., helplessness, guilt, anxiety)?
9. Have you jeopardized or lost an important relationship, job or an educational or career opportunity because of your gaming activity?
